explain subsistence crisis?give an example?
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A subsistence crisis is a crisis caused by economic factors (generally high food prices), which in turn may be caused by either natural or man-made factors,[1] which threatens the food supplies and the survival prospects of large numbers of people (it is considered famine if it's extremely severe with large numbers of lives are lost). A subsistence crisis can be considered genuine if it is visible in demographic data.
Examples of subsistence crisesEdit
The one prior to the French revolution, in which two years of crop failures and low yields caused a grain shortage.The Great Famine of 1315-1317The Great Famine in Ireland. By the mid-1800s, the Irish had been living for decades in extreme poverty, which worsened the repeated and total failure of the potato crop, the starvation, which was worsened by the colonial British Empire with ineffective famine relief projects, evictions and emigration under duress, which often led to illness.
Examples of subsistence crisesEdit
The one prior to the French revolution, in which two years of crop failures and low yields caused a grain shortage.The Great Famine of 1315-1317The Great Famine in Ireland. By the mid-1800s, the Irish had been living for decades in extreme poverty, which worsened the repeated and total failure of the potato crop, the starvation, which was worsened by the colonial British Empire with ineffective famine relief projects, evictions and emigration under duress, which often led to illness.
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